2004 LJ, 4.0, auto, 120k miles
I do have the rear main oil seal leak and I get the little dime shaped oil stain where I park. I can also see I'm a little damp on the driver's side of the engine from a valve cover weep and possible oil pan gasket weep. NONE of this is causing any substantial leaking or oil loss.
After 1k miles I was shocked to be 1 qt low since I had never seen that before. Then I noticed that the filler cap said 10w-30 oil and I had just put in 5w-30. It gets very hot here in the summer, on top of that I off road it and the motor has 120k on it. Is it possible that the engine consumed that qt. because it was too thin of an oil? I have not seen this issue before when it was cooler out.
I do plan on bumping to 10w-40 for the summer and 10w-30 for winter. Also, there is no smoke at start up or at any time when driving. The exhaust does have a slightly richer smell on start up than my wife's 2018 Wrangler but that is to be expected. When I allow the Jeep to warm up in the garage I do get black tiny dot splatter on the floor from where the exhaust hits.
I do have the rear main oil seal leak and I get the little dime shaped oil stain where I park. I can also see I'm a little damp on the driver's side of the engine from a valve cover weep and possible oil pan gasket weep. NONE of this is causing any substantial leaking or oil loss.
After 1k miles I was shocked to be 1 qt low since I had never seen that before. Then I noticed that the filler cap said 10w-30 oil and I had just put in 5w-30. It gets very hot here in the summer, on top of that I off road it and the motor has 120k on it. Is it possible that the engine consumed that qt. because it was too thin of an oil? I have not seen this issue before when it was cooler out.
I do plan on bumping to 10w-40 for the summer and 10w-30 for winter. Also, there is no smoke at start up or at any time when driving. The exhaust does have a slightly richer smell on start up than my wife's 2018 Wrangler but that is to be expected. When I allow the Jeep to warm up in the garage I do get black tiny dot splatter on the floor from where the exhaust hits.